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In an 1892 football game against its arch rival Yale, Harvard unveiled a football formation called the “flying wedge” also ...

Airbus will have fuel-saving v-formation flight tests of two Airbus A350 aircraft with airline tests as early as 2021 with flights over oceans. Flying in v-formation could reduce fuel usage by 5-10%.

Few of nature's early spring events are more thrilling to behold than a V-formation of Canada geese, heading north, flying at speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, in honking communication with each ...

(WHTM) — In Pennsylvania, you may see many geese throughout the year. During the fall and winter months, you may hear them honking as they fly overhead in a V shape. When the geese are in a V ...

It’s a classic migration-season image: a flock of Canada geese flying across the sky, their progress marked by a chain of honks and steady wingbeats. Of birds that migrate for winter, most people ...

In their paper “ V-like formations in flocks of artificial birds ”, the two Brazilian researchers found that BOTH theories are true. They found that geese migrate in a “V” formation to provide each ...

When a bird flaps its wings it disturbs the air and leaves whirling eddies behind. An individual gets a little extra lift from the wake of a bird out front (and slightly below it) when they fly in ...

This formation is a smart, collective strategy for long-distance travel, much like cyclists drafting or fighter pilots using the same technique. Snow geese, like Canada geese and pelicans, use this ...